Reading: The Book Thread

[ZRX61]

Lone Rider by Elspeth Beard
Swmbo said 'ooh,you'll like this'
She was wrong!

Bought it, gave up on finishing it.

[ZRX61]

Latest book is Over The Fence. US Special Forces in Cambodia/Laos.

[Count Steer]

Think I may have saved the best for last in 2025.

'Bread of Angels' by Patti Smith. Possibly the besterest biography I've ever read.

My word, she can't 'alf write.

(Also recommend 'M-Train' by her too).

[Slenver]

Finished our own Slenver's 'Get Waffle Jones' - funny, light-hearted, well-written, recommended

It's 99p on Kindle for January, for anyone that was interested in reading it but couldn't stretch to the full £1.99

[ZRX61]

A book about not being an unhealthy fat bastard.
Refuel by Dr John LaPuma.

Actually reading this one while using the exercise bike machine (3.21 miles this morning). Only doing the morning fruit smoothie part so far & dropped 5lb since a week ago.
The part about plastics/chemicals in food & every day life is rather revealing.
Starting the main meal deal as of today. Need to create a shopping list. Guy makes a lot of sense & I'm only 50 pages (of almost 300) into it. Three weeks for the first stage. Expecting good results.

[MyLittleStudPony]

Finished our own Slenver's 'Get Waffle Jones' - funny, light-hearted, well-written, recommended

Devoured the new Thursday Murder Club 'The Impossible Fortune' - Richard Osman on form as ever with this series, excellent stuff

I'm about 100 pages into Waffle Jones and really enjoying it. The best book I've read for some time (and I'm a slow reader). Highly recommended. I got it in paperback as I struggle with all the e-reader stuff.

[gremlin]

Just finished this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Artist ... ting_World

Currently on this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_You ... f_the_Dead

Neither my go-to choice of reads, but the Gremlinette picked them for me as a Christmas presents. Both very well written snd thought provoking.

[Sunny]

Just finished this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Artist ... ting_World

I read his 'Never Let Me Go' a couple of months back - the title hadn't grabbed me as dystopian, so it took a while for me to have heard of it.
Lots of similarities to Michael Marshall Smith's 'Spares', I thought, while at the same time being quite different in tone. Decent though

[Noggin]

PS I like the sound of one of his other books 'Yoga for people who can't be bothered to do it'.

If I can get bothered enough to start reading books again, that sounds perfect for me !

Bit late to the party on this one. Just read Stephen King's 'The Gunslinger'. Book 1 in the 'Dark Tower' sequence.

Mysterious gunslinger pursues mysterious man in black across post-apocalyptic landscape. Pretty easy read and it got me sufficiently intrigued as to how it all pans out and what the heck is it all about anyway to order the next 2 from the library.

Anyone seen the film? Is it worth watching?

Are all of his books a bit psycological thriller-ish? I read Rats and The Fog far too young, then started reading all the books under a different name (that was apparently still him) - destroyed my ability to sleep in the dark ever since! And I do have a (not quite, due to the book) irrational fear of fog

So I tend to avoid his books!

[Count Steer]

PS I like the sound of one of his other books 'Yoga for people who can't be bothered to do it'.

If I can get bothered enough to start reading books again, that sounds perfect for me !

Bit late to the party on this one. Just read Stephen King's 'The Gunslinger'. Book 1 in the 'Dark Tower' sequence.

Mysterious gunslinger pursues mysterious man in black across post-apocalyptic landscape. Pretty easy read and it got me sufficiently intrigued as to how it all pans out and what the heck is it all about anyway to order the next 2 from the library.

Anyone seen the film? Is it worth watching?

Are all of his books a bit psycological thriller-ish? I read Rats and The Fog far too young, then started reading all the books under a different name (that was apparently still him) - destroyed my ability to sleep in the dark ever since! And I do have a (not quite, due to the book) irrational fear of fog

So I tend to avoid his books!

Dunno Nogs, most of the ones I know of are but I haven't read any! I gave up with The Dark Tower and just read the plot summaries on Wiki. I enjoyed a fair bit of the books but the series could have been condensed into 3 books and, as I suspected, after 7 books the ending was a cop-out.

[Sunny]

Farenheit 451. Read it this week while travelling.

One of the classics that I've been meaning to read for an age. Dystopian too, so I've no excuse why I haven't read it sooner. It's very good

I feel like I need a comfort re-read of something now.

[Count Steer]

Farenheit 451. Read it this week while travelling.

One of the classics that I've been meaning to read for an age. Dystopian too, so I've no excuse why I haven't read it sooner. It's very good

I feel like I need a comfort re-read of something now.

I like Ray B's works. He doesn't waste words but creates atmosphere without waffle.

Recommend his Martian Chronicles too - collection of Mars based stories...some of them make Mars a bit like Kansas.

PS I'm currently reading Paolo Bacigalupi's 'Navola' as I've liked all his other books inc. 'The Water Knife', 'The Windup Girl' etc. This one's a different sort of thing but v readable.

[KungFooBob]

You'll be reading Brave New World next!

Ford's in his flivver.

I struggled with The Windup Girl, interesting concept, but getting to the end felt like a chore, so didn't read any of his other stuff.

[Sunny]

You'll be reading Brave New World next!

Ford's in his flivver.

I am currently wearing grey

[MingtheMerciless]

Nuclear War, A scenario by Annie Jacobson. Bloody horrible subject but a grimly compelling read.

[Supermofo]

Are all of his books a bit psycological thriller-ish? I read Rats and The Fog far too young, then started reading all the books under a different name (that was apparently still him) - destroyed my ability to sleep in the dark ever since! And I do have a (not quite, due to the book) irrational fear of fog

So I tend to avoid his books!

Rats and The Fog was James Herbert, not Mr King. Similar heyday in terms of popularity I'd guess but Herbert definitively won the prize for gore and unnecessary sex scenes, perfect for early teenagers going by my school. I like Stephen King books generally, he's a good writer, but very long winded and can't write an ending to save his life.

[MingtheMerciless]

Just started "A hole in the Sky" by Peter F Hamilton. Set on a failing Arkship, early days yet but so far so good (if a tad formulaic).

[KungFooBob]

Just started "A hole in the Sky" by Peter F Hamilton. Set on a failing Arkship, early days yet but so far so good (if a tad formulaic).

I've read The Dawns Night Trilogy, the Commonwealth saga, The Void trilogy and Fallen Dragon. I started Great North Road, got maybe 20 pages in and put it down. Not read anything by him for ten years, but recently bought the first Exodus book, not got round to read it yet.

[Noggin]

Are all of his books a bit psycological thriller-ish? I read Rats and The Fog far too young, then started reading all the books under a different name (that was apparently still him) - destroyed my ability to sleep in the dark ever since! And I do have a (not quite, due to the book) irrational fear of fog

So I tend to avoid his books!

Rats and The Fog was James Herbert, not Mr King. Similar heyday in terms of popularity I'd guess but Herbert definitively won the prize for gore and unnecessary sex scenes, perfect for early teenagers going by my school. I like Stephen King books generally, he's a good writer, but very long winded and can't write an ending to save his life.

Ahh, ok, I'm sure one of them wrote under a pseudonym ? Only cos I read a lot of an author only to find out that it was (I think/possibly) Stephen King ??

I read the Fog and Rats before I was 13 I think, so then didn't read more of his!! (I don't remember Rats as badly as I remember The Fog - and that has definitely triggered some fears in fog ever since )

Wish I could remember the name of the writer that freaked me out in my late 20's - I really liked the books, but the psyche part was clever and delayed!! LOL

[Supermofo]

Are all of his books a bit psycological thriller-ish? I read Rats and The Fog far too young, then started reading all the books under a different name (that was apparently still him) - destroyed my ability to sleep in the dark ever since! And I do have a (not quite, due to the book) irrational fear of fog

So I tend to avoid his books!

Rats and The Fog was James Herbert, not Mr King. Similar heyday in terms of popularity I'd guess but Herbert definitively won the prize for gore and unnecessary sex scenes, perfect for early teenagers going by my school. I like Stephen King books generally, he's a good writer, but very long winded and can't write an ending to save his life.

Ahh, ok, I'm sure one of them wrote under a pseudonym ? Only cos I read a lot of an author only to find out that it was (I think/possibly) Stephen King ??

I read the Fog and Rats before I was 13 I think, so then didn't read more of his!! (I don't remember Rats as badly as I remember The Fog - and that has definitely triggered some fears in fog ever since )

Wish I could remember the name of the writer that freaked me out in my late 20's - I really liked the books, but the psyche part was clever and delayed!! LOL

Stephen King wrote some books as Richard Bachmann